National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) Data Breakdown Virginia 1/1/2013-6/30/2013

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1 National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) Data Breakdown Virginia 1/1/2013-6/30/2013 This report covers National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) case and call data from January 1 st, 2013-June 30 th, A case refers to a specific report or request that originated as a call to the NHTRC hotline. Each case may have multiple hotline calls and/or multiple callers associated with it. Part I of this report presents data from hotline calls received from callers who identified as being in Virginia at the time of the call. Part II focuses on data from cases that reference human trafficking in Virginia. These include cases generated from calls received from callers outside of Virginia. Total Number of Calls Nationwide in Timeframe: 14,898 Part I: Calls Received from Virginia Number of Calls Received from Virginia: 375 LOCATION OF CALLERS Type of Call # of Calls % of Calls High Risk and Related Issues % General Information % Tip % Referral % Unrelated % Crisis % Training and Technical Assistance % Total # of Calls %

2 Caller Type # of Calls % of Calls Community Member % Potential Victim of Trafficking % Local Law Enforcement % Potential Victim of Other Crime % Potential Victim of Labor Exploitation % Faith-based Organization/Representative % NGO Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault % Family/Friend of Potential Victim of Other Crime % Student % Family Member of Potential Victim % Friend of Potential Victim % NGO - General Social Services % NGO Other % Government % NGO Anti-trafficking % Federal Law Enforcement % Visa Holder % Business % Press/Media % Legal Professional % Trucker % Family/Friend of Potential Victim of Labor Exploitation % Educator/School Personnel % Military Personnel % Unknown % Other % Medical Professional % NGO - Immigrant/Refugee % NGO Runaway and Homeless Youth % Total # of Substantive Calls % How Did Caller Find NHTRC (where known) # of Calls % of Calls Prior Knowledge % Referral % Internet-Web Search % Department of State Know Your Rights Pamphlet % Polaris Project % Television % Conference %

3 Training - Presentation % Pamphlet/Brochure/Leaflet % Word of Mouth % Other % Routed from Department of Justice Trafficking Hotline % Yahoo! search engine % Billboard % Poster % Total # where HOW CALLER FOUND NHTRC is known % Caller s Primary Language # of Calls % of Calls English % Spanish % Sinhala % Turkish % Tagalog % Chinese % Unknown/Not Specified % Chinese - Mandarin % Polish % Thai % Total # of Substantive Calls % Part II: Cases Referencing Human Trafficking in Virginia Number of Cases that Reference Potential Trafficking Situations in Virginia: 63 Each hotline case is evaluated for evidence of potential trafficking, and is categorized as High, Moderate, and No. Cases categorized as High contain a high level of critical information and demonstrate key indicators relevant to identifying a human trafficking situation. Cases categorized as Moderate reference situations that contain several indicators and red flags of potential trafficking situations, or resemble common types of trafficking or trafficking scenarios but lack certain core details of force, fraud, or coercion. Cases categorized as No do not reference specific instances of human trafficking. Case References Potential Trafficking # of Cases % of Cases High % Moderate % The following data is derived from cases referencing trafficking in Virginia and categorized as High or Moderate Type of Trafficking # of Cases % of Cases Sex % Labor %

4 Sex and Labor % Other/Not Specified % Venue/Industry of Potential Trafficking # of Cases % of Cases Sex % Sex Other/Not Specified % Commercial Front Brothel % Pimp-Controlled Trafficking % Residential Brothel % Gang Member % Truck Stop % Internet-Based Commercial Sex % Hotel/Motel-Based Commercial Sex % Escort Service/Delivery Service % Hostess/Strip Club % Labor % Domestic Work % Labor Other/Not Specified % Construction % Agriculture/Farms % Other Small Business % Peddling Ring % Restaurant/Food Service % Door-to-Door Sales Crew % Other/Not Specified %

5 LOCATION OF POTENTIAL TRAFFICKING Country of Original of Survivor(s) # of Cases % of Cases Unknown/Not-Specified % United States % Philippines % Kenya % El Salvador % Sri Lanka % India % China % Russia % Thailand % Indonesia % Pakistan % Bangladesh % Ethiopia % Multiple Countries Referenced % Nicaragua % Note: This table shows the number of cases referencing potential trafficking victims of the listed nationalities. It does not reflect the number of survivors of each nationality. Survivor Demographics # of Cases % of Cases Adults % Minors % Females % Males %

6 Transgender % US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident % Foreign Nationals % non-cumulative Note: This table shows the number of cases referencing trafficking in which the labeled populations were involved. Multiple populations can be chosen for each case. The numbers shown reference the number of cases involving these populations, not the total number of individuals involved in the trafficking situations. The following data is derived from cases referencing trafficking in Virginia and categorized as High Number of Survivors Referenced 30